Boy Asked to Remove American Flag from Bike Because it's Racist

So.  Are we ready to just go ahead and carve California off the map now?

13-year-old Cody Alicea rides with an American flag on the back of his bike. He says he does this to be patriotic and to honor veterans, like his own grandfather, Robert. He's had the flag on his bike for two months but Monday, was told to take it down.


A school official at Denair Middle School told Cody some students had been complaining about the flag and it was no longer allowed on school property.

Cody's grandfather says the school was concerned about racial tensions or uprisings because of the flag. He feels if there was really a problem it should have been brought up two months ago, not during Veterans week.

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